Guided drawing preschool

Not sure how to teach your toddler to draw? Or what activities you should be doing with your toddler to teach them to draw? See these activities ideas and full explanation of early drawing from an occupational therapist. You will have your toddler drawing and learning to draw in no time. #toddleractivities #toddlerdrawing#occupational therapy #teachtoddlertodraw

Wondering whether or not you should add directed drawing to your pre-k curriculum? I answer this question for you today!

Teach your child about observational drawing. This means show them that if they want to draw a car, they can look at a car (or a toy car). Or if they want to draw a flower, they can go outside and pick a flower then draw it. Some kids are ready for this as early as age 4. Personally I think it's good to start observational drawing early, before they become self conscious about their art. #artfulmommy

Learn how to draw Simple Birds with this fun and easy art project for kids. Simple step by step tutorial available. #howtodraw #artprojectsforkids

Bring out the artist in every kid!

Try this fun and engaging directed drawing with your preschoolers this summer. This farm animal directed drawing helps students with their fine motor skills including pencil grasp, hand-eye coordination. This step by step directed drawing helps students learn how to draw animals as well as learn animal sounds. During this preschool craft, students get to use tempera sticks and water color paints. This low budget craft is simple and enjoyable for all students.

Do your students love Directed Drawing activities? Aly from Just a Primary Girl and Erica from The Enthusiastic Class mentioned through the week using pages from my packets to create books for their students. Aly uses them in her 'work on writing' stations and Erica is making a gift for her students for Christmas. I thought it might be nice to offer a generic cover for a 'drawing book' in case this is something you might like to do for your little learners. Here is the book I made for Sam…

Find out what stage of drawing your child is in. Children learn to draw by following predictable stages as they mature and their cognitive abilities develop. These are the stages of drawing development in children.

Students can complete this FREE directed drawing of a polar bear. Picture Steps and Writing Pages are included in the FREEBIE.

Alphabet Journal in Kindergarten: Use directed drawings for each letter in the alphabet as a way to teach children their ABC's.